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Dark Fairytale
IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY (2020) is a noteworthy kdrama, with a dark, modern twist on the fairy tale romance genre. It had a really interesting flavor, especially with the gothic fairytale/ story book aspects.
"An extraordinary road to emotional healing opens up for an selfish antisocial children's-book writer and a selfless psych-ward caretaker when they cross paths."
I really loved Seo Ye-Ji in her role as the mysterious Go Moon Young, a children's gothic fairytale author. She was really brilliant in this role.
Without giving anything away, in terms of plot and theme, I will just say that this drama strongly focuses on a variety of topics revolving around mental health, psychology, childhood trauma, repressed memories, autism spectrum disorder, antisocial personality disorder, child abuse, dysfunctional families, post traumatic stress disorder, etc.
This dark romance series, while not perfect, was definitely interesting and meaningful. The characters were all very memorable. It was a pretty beautiful drama.
"An extraordinary road to emotional healing opens up for an selfish antisocial children's-book writer and a selfless psych-ward caretaker when they cross paths."
I really loved Seo Ye-Ji in her role as the mysterious Go Moon Young, a children's gothic fairytale author. She was really brilliant in this role.
Without giving anything away, in terms of plot and theme, I will just say that this drama strongly focuses on a variety of topics revolving around mental health, psychology, childhood trauma, repressed memories, autism spectrum disorder, antisocial personality disorder, child abuse, dysfunctional families, post traumatic stress disorder, etc.
This dark romance series, while not perfect, was definitely interesting and meaningful. The characters were all very memorable. It was a pretty beautiful drama.
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